Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, has announced that specific measures as well as response teams will be instituted to target illegal parties during the Christmas season. Speaking during a virtual press conference on December 2, Commissioner Anderson said the response teams will strictly enforce the Disaster Risk Management Act and the Noise Abatement Act. He said criminals have...

On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, a charter flight with thirteen (13) Jamaican born Involuntarily Returned Migrants (IRMs) arrived at the Normal Manley International Airport from the United Kingdom. The individuals were removed pursuant to having met the criteria for removal set out in the UK Borders ACT of 2007. The return of the IRMs is a routine process that is...

A week of activities to mark the 153rd anniversary of the Jamaica Constabulary Force—Police Week 2020—begins today. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic maintains a stronghold on normalcy, the Jamaica Constabulary Force will be utilising its online platforms to engage its members and the public throughout the week under the theme, ‘Stronger Together, for a Safer Jamaica’. “Since the first case...

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is hailing the continued downward trend in crime in St. James. He credited the gains to the enhanced security measures, including the Elite Quick Response team, which was rolled out in the St. James Division last year, as well as several social intervention projects spearheaded by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in...

Four contracts valued at $416 million were signed Thursday (November 19), to commence work for the implementation of 10 major infrastructural sub-projects, under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) phase four initiative. Speaking at the contract-signing ceremony at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, Chairman, JSIF, Dr. Wayne Henry, said the works will include the upgrade of five...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of National Security, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (centre), hands over a report on the implementation of the ‘Jamaica Strategic Corrections Partnership Project’ to United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Asif Ahmad, during a brief presentation ceremony at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston on November 11. The project, which was...

Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister, the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, is expressing condolences to the family of Constable Kirkland Plummer of the Spaulding Police Station, who was savagely attacked with stones, then shot dead by hoodlums when he attempted to make a lawful arrest of a gunman, at an entertainment event in Manchester last night. Minister Chang said...